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Democracy in America

By Alexis de Tocqueville
Edited by Richard D. Heffner
Afterword by Vartan Gregorian

By Alexis de Tocqueville
Edited by Richard D. Heffner
Afterword by Vartan Gregorian

By Alexis de Tocqueville
Edited by Richard D. Heffner
Afterword by Vartan Gregorian

By Alexis de Tocqueville
Edited by Richard D. Heffner
Afterword by Vartan Gregorian

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    About Democracy in America

    French nobleman Alexis de Tocqueville’s classic treatise on the American way of life.

    Over 175 years ago, Alexis de Tocqueville, an astute political scientist, came to the United States to evaluate the meaning and actual functioning of democracy. Here, Tocqueville discusses the advantages and dangers of majority rule—which he thought could be as tyrannical as the rule of a monarchy. He analyzes the influence of political parties and the press on the government and the effect of equality on the social, political, and economic life of the American people. He also offers some startling predictions about world politics, which history has borne out. So brilliant and penetrating are his comments and criticisms, they have vital meaning today for all who are interested in democracy.

    Abridged and with an Introduction by Richard D. Heffner
    and an Afterword by Vartan Gregorian

    About Democracy in America

    French nobleman Alexis de Tocqueville’s classic treatise on the American way of life.

    Over 175 years ago, Alexis de Tocqueville, an astute political scientist, came to the United States to evaluate the meaning and actual functioning of democracy. Here, Tocqueville discusses the advantages and dangers of majority rule—which he thought could be as tyrannical as the rule of a monarchy. He analyzes the influence of political parties and the press on the government and the effect of equality on the social, political, and economic life of the American people. He also offers some startling predictions about world politics, which history has borne out. So brilliant and penetrating are his comments and criticisms, they have vital meaning today for all who are interested in democracy.

    Abridged and with an Introduction by Richard D. Heffner
    and an Afterword by Vartan Gregorian

    About Alexis de Tocqueville

    Alexis de Tocqueville was born in 1805 to a noble French family that had survived the French Revolution. His father gained some political power under the reign of the Bourbons, and after the July Revolution of 1830, the family was… More about Alexis de Tocqueville

    About Alexis de Tocqueville

    Alexis de Tocqueville was born in 1805 to a noble French family that had survived the French Revolution. His father gained some political power under the reign of the Bourbons, and after the July Revolution of 1830, the family was… More about Alexis de Tocqueville

    Product Details

    Category: Domestic Politics | Nonfiction Classics | 19th Century U.S. History

    Mass Market Paperback | $7.95
    Published by Signet
    Jul 06, 2010 | 400 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-3/4 | ISBN 9780451531605

    Category: Domestic Politics | Nonfiction Classics | 19th Century U.S. History

    Ebook | $1.99
    Published by Signet
    Sep 01, 2001 | 400 Pages | ISBN 9781101076149
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    Praise

    “No better study of a nation’s institutions and culture than Tocqueville’s Democracy in America has ever been written by a foreign observer.”—The New York Times

    “An extremely skillful job which gives us the essence of Tocqueville’s great commentary.”—Richard Hofstadter

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